86.1% of residents of Benton speak English at home.
1.3% of residents speak Spanish at home (56% speak English very well, 16% speak English well, 28% speak English not well).
12.4% of residents speak other Indo-European language at home (69% speak English very well, 26% speak English well, 5% speak English not well).
0.2% of residents speak other language at home (100% speak English very well).

Foreign born population: 17 (0.7%)
(105.9% of them are naturalized citizens)

Percentage of workers working in this county: 62.0%Number of people working at home: 60 (5.0% of all workers)

Means of transportation to work

Drove a car alone: 899 (76%)

Carpooled: 97 (8%)

Bus or trolley bus: 2 (0%)

Taxi: 7 (1%)

Bicycle: 13 (1%)

Walked: 48 (4%)

Worked at home: 111 (9%)

First ancestries reported:

Unclassified or not reported: 574

English: 528

German: 344

Danish: 234

Irish: 225

United States or American: 161

French (except Basque): 116

Polish: 85

Italian: 68

Dutch: 66

Welsh: 46

Scottish: 32

Swiss: 28

Other groups: 26

Swedish: 19

British: 13

Hungarian: 9

Ukrainian: 8

Norwegian: 6

Pennsylvania German: 6

Scandinavian: 5

Lithuanian: 4

Northern European: 4

Russian: 4

Australian: 3

Canadian: 3

Scotch-Irish: 3

Most common places of birth for the foreign-born residents (%):

33%Germany

27%Ukraine

20%United Kingdom

20%Canada

Place of birth for U.S.-born residents:

This state: 2,203

Other state: 390

Northeast: 271

Midwest: 35

South: 52

West: 32

63% of Benton residents lived in the same house 5 years ago. Out of people who lived in different houses, 69% lived in this county. Out of people who lived in different counties, 85% lived in New York.